ranking member

1. A legislator on a committee who belongs to the majority party and, by virtue of seniority, ranks first after the committee chairman. The most senior member representing the minority party is the ranking minority member of the committee.

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On Tuesday, the ranking member of the U.S.

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One of Paramount’s top executives is a former Goldman Sachs banker, Andy Gordon, who was a ranking member of RedBird Capital Partners, the private equity firm that has teamed up with the Ellisons and has a significant stake in Paramount.

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Adriano Espaillat of New York, who is the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, who is the ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee; and Jamie Raskin, of Maryland, who is the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee.

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The Oregon Democrat, who is the ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee, says that he has been pushing the Justice Department to uncover the full extent of Epstein’s money movements and the banks that enabled them.

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Sen. Mark Warner, ranking member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence wasn’t any more in the loop than you were.

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